A Supplement to Chapter 3

A.1 tDCS adverse effects

Table A.1: Number of reports of tDCS adverse effects

Intensity ratinga

Confidence ratingb

none a
little
mode-
rate
strong very
strong
n/a un-
likely
possi-
bly
likely very
likely
anodal session
burning 12 10 6 2 0 12 0 2 5 11
dizziness 28 1 1 0 0 28 2 0 0 0
fatigue 20 6 0 3 1 21 7 1 1 0
headache 25 5 0 0 0 25 5 0 0 0
itching 13 10 4 2 1 13 0 1 8 8
nausea 30 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
pain 24 4 2 0 0 25 0 1 2 2
tingling 5 12 10 3 0 5 0 1 8 16
cathodal session
burning 11 5 12 2 2 11 0 3 6 12
dizziness 29 2 1 0 0 27 3 1 1 0
fatigue 18 7 3 4 0 20 8 4 0 0
headache 27 2 3 0 0 26 3 1 1 1
itching 14 14 4 0 0 14 0 1 9 8
nausea 32 0 0 0 0 30 2 0 0 0
pain 25 6 1 0 0 24 0 3 2 3
tingling 7 6 13 5 1 7 0 1 7 17
a “To which degree were the following sensations present during stimulation?”
b “To which degree do you believe this was caused by the stimulation?”
tDCS adverse effects in Chapter 3. Number of reports out of 62 sessions (either anodal or cathodal tDCS). Top row shows intensity ratings [little, moderate, strong, very strong]; bottom row shows participant’s confidence that event was related to tDCS [unlikely, possibly, likely, very likely]. Adverse effects are sorted in descending order of number of reports (for very rare events (five reports or fewer for a given polarity), some text counts have been removed to prevent overlap).

Figure A.1: tDCS adverse effects in Chapter 3. Number of reports out of 62 sessions (either anodal or cathodal tDCS). Top row shows intensity ratings [little, moderate, strong, very strong]; bottom row shows participant’s confidence that event was related to tDCS [unlikely, possibly, likely, very likely]. Adverse effects are sorted in descending order of number of reports (for very rare events (five reports or fewer for a given polarity), some text counts have been removed to prevent overlap).

A.2 MNI coordinates

Table A.2: Individual MNI coordinates of the right frontal eye field.
participant X Y Z participant X Y Z
1 29.4 1.1 54.9 14 37.5 -1.6 52.6
2 33.0 -2.2 50.4 15 31.8 -8.4 59.0
3 30.6 -1.5 50.6 16 31.0 -5.1 54.3
4 25.7 -3.8 56.4 17 35.0 8.4 49.8
5 29.8 -5.2 55.8 18 28.1 -3.8 52.8
6 29.8 -1.1 58.3 19 41.2 -1.7 47.6
7 38.1 3.0 46.0 20 37.3 -0.9 43.4
8 31.5 0.5 45.6 21 34.3 -2.9 49.2
9 28.5 3.6 51.3 22 27.7 -10.1 51.0
10 28.1 -1.9 50.7 23 30.3 -5.3 55.3
11 30.6 -3.8 52.0 24 26.8 -3.9 54.6
12 36.5 -0.4 46.8 25 29.0 4.9 49.1
13 26.2 -1.1 54.7 26 30.3 -3.9 50.9